Air-ship.



No. 865,418. PATENTED' SEPT. 10, 1907.

- W. s. MIELOAREKV.

AIR SHIP.

APPLIO'ATION FILED APR.6, 1901.

Z HEEL I I ,V a g 25 A TTOkNE Y5 UNITED STATES PATENT-OFFICE.

WLADYSLAW s. MIELOAREK, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

AIR-SHIP.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it knownthat I, WLAnYsLAw S. MIIiLGAREK, a

citizen of the United States, residing at St. Louis, 'in

the county of St. Louis City and State of Missouri, have the same time it acts as an aeroplane and invented a new and useiulAir-Ship, oi which the following is aspecification.

. This invention .relates to air. ships, .and has for its principal object to provide a novel form oi 'dirigible' air vessel having a gas field of great buoyancy and of, such construction as to form an aeroplane that may be advantageously used in directing the ascent and de scent of the vessel. I

A further object of the invention is to providea device of this class in which the gas field is'in the form.

of a long and comparatively wide body of small height,

. presenting a rounded upper faceandsharp'corners and having a central concavity beneath in which the passenger. car and operating mechanism may be sup the length oi the vessel to permit ascending or descend- --A still further object oi the invention is to provide an air vessel having an approximately central. steadying mast which may be raised and lowered in a vertical line, and which when lowered will serve as abalan'cing means and will shift the center of gravity of the whole structure to a point considerably below the gas field in order to steady the movement of the vessel.

With these and other obj sets in view, as will more (fully hereinafter appean'the invention consists in cer- I ing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

cordance with the invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the vessel showing it resting on the ground or other support. Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view of the vessel showing the operating and controlling mechan- Specification of Letters Patent. 'A pplioa-tion filed April 5,1907. Serial Ito-366,614.

'are formed of very-light material, the propelling In the accompanying dratringsg-Figure 1 'is a cen-, tral vertical section of an air ship constructed in ac- Patented Sept. 10, 1 907.

In carrying out the invention, the gas field 10 is ap proximately ovate in plan having rounded corners, the gas tank being preferably formed of a casing composed of aluminium, oiled silk, or other relatively light material, and is' composed of substantially concave-convex top and bottom sections-land' z, respe'c-f -tive ly, placed together their concave side's facing one another, the meeting edges of the. top and bottom sections beingrelatively sharp in order thatthe flight 'maylnotbe obstr'ucted 'undfily'. by wind resistance, nor will the 'vessel' fbe blown off its course, by side 'winds. -The stmcture issiich'that the gas field is adapted to serve as an aeroplane, and it maybe set at an an gle with the forwardend or bow pointing upwardi 'ascnding fiights, 'or' pointing downwardior'desc ending flights. Th rooiorj'floorfmay b'esuit-ably stayedjas shown, orderthat theymay'withstand the pressure of the gas therein without making the gas tankpndiily .heavy.' i 1 11 order to shift the center of gravity of the vessel from f0re to aft, or vice versa, a pair of rods 13 are em.-

'ployed, and on these rodsare arranged slidable weights 14. By movingthe weights toward the 'rear end of the vessel, the bow may, be pointedupward, and by shifting themtoward the bow, the lattermay be depressed. 7 I

Hungin a concavity 11 formed in thefloor of the gas tank is a car 15 whichfmaybe furnished forrthe accommodation of passengers, and in which is arranged a propelling engine' 'or engines; illustrated dia-. grammatically at 16, and a steering wheel 17. EX- tending through the gas field are propeller shafts 11} connected to the propelling mechanism and provided ,at their rear ends with propellers 18 which preferably 'blades'presenting large surfaces for contact with the '"air. At the rear of the vessel is hung a rudder 19 that is connected in similar manner to the steering wheel 17. Extending upward from the passenger car is a tower 20 leadingtoan upper chamber 21: in which the oflicer in charge'of the vessel may be stationed, this chamber being located at a point above the roof of the gas field.

Extending through the passenger car and the tower is a vertically niovable mast 24, provided with-a rack 25 whichmay be engaged by a pinion 26 operatedfrom the driving mechanism. of the car, so that the mast may be raised when the air ship is about to'make a landing. j

Extending from the lower face of the gas field are a number of supporting feet 2 7.so that the device may be maintained horizontally when on the ground, and for landing purposes a number of steering foot pieces 28 are employed, these being arranged to absorb a shock or jar as the vessel nears the ground.

The central mast is normally elevated when the.de-

ward, and by its weight will serve as a balancingmeans to steady the motionof the vessel and prevent overturning.

I claim: 1. In an air ship, a gas field comprising a gas tank havm concavo-convex top and bottom sections placed edge to edge with the convex faces outermost; the bottom having a dished central concavity that tapers gradually toward the convex surface at both ends and sides,and a car ar-- ranged within said concavity.

2, An air ship comprising a casing forming a gas tank, a car supported centrally of the casing, a tower rising from the car, a vertically movable mast passing through the car and tower, and means for raising said mast.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I

'have hereto atfixed my signature in the presence of. two

witnesses. v

. WLADYSLAW S. MIELCAREK.

Witnesses:

Smmsmvs Frmrmx, LEON P. A. Kmx'. 

